This report presents findings of a study on the higher education progress of African Americans in the nation and by region, including both private and public sectors, two-year and four-year colleges and universities, historically black colleges and universities, and traditionally white institutions. Overall findings indicate steady progress by…

Guidelines and accompanying forms are provided in this operations manual designed as a guide for the management and development of the instructional units at the member institutions of Ohio's two-year college system. The manual first presents the mission statement of the two-year colleges, defines the various types of colleges in the system, and…

In this article, the author shares his experience growing up speaking African American Vernacular English in school and his observations about nonstandard American plantation English. The author's amateur linguistic observations about nonstandard American plantation English gave rise to immediate dialect comparisons between African American…

Ten popular myths about higher education's effect on students are questioned. Issues include: test scores in assessment of college impact; college effect on student development; institutional resources/prestige and quality; two-year college attendance; educational quality at historically black colleges; teaching methods; faculty research; teaching…

A survey of the ways in which two-year-college admissions offices in the middle states region have been affected by social and demographic trends is discussed. The changing role of the admissions officer, student retention, institutional research, and institutional problems are described. (Author/MLW)

A study was conducted to ascertain the present status of physical education (PE) within the public and technical two-year colleges located in the four western provinces of Canada, the Yukon, and Northwest Territories. Questionnaires were sent to 56 two-year institutions, requesting information on institutional characteristics, PE departmental…

Reports the results of a three-state survey of two-year colleges concerning such areas as the legal topics taught, the time devoted to the topics, the textbooks used, and the degrees held by the respondents. Available from Fred B. Rothman & Co., 10368 West Centennial Rd., Littleton, CO 80123. (IRT)

This report was prepared by the Council of Great City Schools in collaboration with ACT to collect and analyze urban student performance between 2007 and 2011 and to examine student achievement by race and gender. Following is a summary of the study's findings: (1) The total number of ACT test takers increased both nationally and in CGCS districts…

The author describes the concept of "cooling out" as developed by Burton Clark and examines its applicability to the experience of women in the two-year college. The author concludes that cooling out as experienced by women is congruent with but not exactly like the process as described by Clark. (Author)

The metacognitive awareness and reading strategy use by Korean university students in Korea was investigated. The relationships between reading strategy use, self-rated English proficiency, and self-rated reading proficiency were examined. Differences in reading strategy use were also explored by gender and academic classification. Problem-solving…

The current educational context in many English speaking countries is one where literacy is understood to be essentially monolingual in orientation; that is, an understanding of literacy around a single common language, with the emphasis on identifying universal, normative "standards" and "benchmarks", such as the "National Assessment…

TRIO programs exist for students who need guidance through the academic systems that exist. TRIO programs began in 1964, when Lyndon Johnson signed the Educational Opportunity Act into law (McElroy and Armesto, 1998). This started the TRIO programs to help disadvantaged students enroll and complete college. TRIO programs, including Talent Search…

Reports on surveys of the current status of sex-equity efforts in New York two-year colleges. Identifies institutional and individual factors affecting such efforts. Reveals progress toward sex equity in vocational programs, but recommends additional efforts in the areas of leadership, support services, career information, facilities, placement,…

According to the author, for years she has relied heavily on numbers to tell their story. As she has worked with legislators, individually and collectively, through their college delegation, she has found that numbers--good, bad, and ugly--can be a powerful way to increase support for the college. In this article, she discusses the benefits of…

Describes a comprehensive study of faculty development programs in Ohio two-year colleges conducted to determine the existence of programs and the relationship between development and reward structures. Indicates that no college in the study had a formalized, structured faculty development program. Suggests that faculty development appears to be a…